Environmental Science Questions
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When upper-level divergence of air above a surface low-pressure area is stronger than the convergence of surface air, which of the following will occur?A. The surface pressure will increase and the storm itself will dissipate.B. The surface pressure will increase and the storm itself will intensify.C. The surface pressure will decrease and the storm itself will dissipate.D. The surface pressure will decrease and the storm itself will intensify.E. The surface pressure will remain constant.
A strong, usually cold, downslope wind is called a: valley wind katabatic wind monsoon wind haboob wind chinook wind
Two reasons why pilots prefer to fly in the core of a jet stream rather than just above or below it are _____. potential tail winds and less atmospheric stability potential tail winds and lack of wind speed effects on flight characteristics potential tail winds and less turbulence less turbulence and lack of wind speed effects on flight characteristics lack of wind speed effects on flight characteristics and less atmospheric stability less atmospheric stability and turbulence
In summer, during the passage of a sea breeze, which of the following is not usually observed? a drop in temperature a drop in relative humidity a wind shift an increase in relative humidity
A strong, usually cold, downslope wind is called a:
Which of the winds below is not considered to be a cold wind? Texas norther mistral California norther bora blizzard
The smallest scale of atmospheric motion is the:
When a sea breeze moving north meets a sea breeze moving south they form a:
A valley breeze would develop its maximum strength:
Surface winds are generally strongest and most gusty:
Match the type of weather you would expect over these North America locations during a strong El Niño:The southern portions of the Gulf of Mexico states and most of FloridaThe Ohio ValleyWestern Canada
According to the three-cell general circulation model, at the equator we would not expect to find:
For a surface storm system (a wave cyclone) to intensify, where should the upper-level low (or trough) be located?A. north of the surface lowB. south of the surface lowC. east of the surface lowD. west of the surface lowE. All of the above.
On a surface weather map that shows an open wave cyclone, where can the warm sector be observed?A. east of an advancing cold frontB. west of an advancing cold frontC. east of an advancing cold-occluded frontD. west of an advancing cold-occluded frontE. north of an advancing warm front
On a surface weather map during the month of July, one would expect to find what type of pressure system over the desert southwest of the United States?
A model city is to be constructed in the middle of an uninhabited region. The wind rose in Problem 1 of the Problems and Exercises at the end of Chapter 9 shows the annual frequency of wind directions for this region. With the aid of the wind rose, match the direction from the center of the rose (for example to the southwest) where the following should be located:_____ Industry_____ Parks and schools_____ Sewage disposal plants_____ Shopping centers and housing
Thunderstorms are most likely to form along which type of front?A. cold frontsB. warm frontsC. cold-type occluded frontsD. warm-type occluded frontsE. stationary fronts
Longwaves in the middle and upper troposphere usually have lengths on the order of how many kilometers?A. tens of kilometersB. hundreds of kilometersC. thousands of kilometersD. tens of thousands of kilometersE. millions of kilometers
Which below has the least influence on determining how high a wind wave will grow over the open ocean?
Vertical wind shear is the rapid _____ in wind speed or _____ with increasing or decreasing altitude. When the shear exceeds a _____ value, waves break into large swirls with significant vertical movement. When this happens in clear air it's called _____ .